Observing the Evolution of Typhoon Wakes

Abstract

The long-term goal of this work is to observe, understand, quantify and parameterize upper-ocean mixing for use in global ocean modeling. Our research program is to observe the temporal and spatial evolution of typhoon wakes, in particular we plan to directly observe the mixing associated with turbulence generated by the strong air-sea interaction in a typhoon. These observations will be used to make quantifiable assessments of mixed layer models under the extreme conditions of a typhoon.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531982

Entities

People

  • Steven R. Jayne

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Communities
  • Information Operations
  • Microstructure
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Teamwork
  • Turbulence
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers